Porsche 718 Cayman GT4: Walter Röhrl Drives Hot Laps! | Carfection 4K
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- The Legendary Walter Röhrl takes us for some hot laps of Knock Hill circuit in the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4. At 72 years old he still drives better than most and in a Porsche he is unstoppable!
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It looks so easy when he drives, guess it's because he drives so clean. No corrections, every little control input is as precise as it gets. A true legend!
Neawoulf Driving the track numerous times also helps.
Love how he uses every inch of the track, including the pit lane exit to enter the first corner as smooth as possible.
driven that track at least 50000 times 😂😂😂
@@BLITZKRIEG1How manycrashes would you have if you drove it 50,000 times?
The man is absolutely chill. He looks like he's out for a Sunday drive in the country. But, as they say, fast is smooth and smooth is fast!
Matthew Gaither lol... I was about to write the same thing then I saw your post. Definitely!
They being Jim Clark :)
Walter's follow through is so impressive. I'm looking at his apex and he's planning ahead for the next corner with panache.
I mean the dude once drove an 037 in anger with crowds constantly playing Frogger in front of him, all while listening to pace notes and trying to avoid the cliff on the outside of the corner. I think this pretty much is a Sunday drive for him.
@@Te1ecastermaster And you forgot the night races during heavy fog, zero visibility in the mountains
Love how Walter stays true to himself and critics the long second gear even if as a Porsche brand ambassador.
Yes, awesome man.
He always tell the truth! Porsche knows that. If the car is no perfect Race-Car for the street - they dont let Walter drive with passengers :) (Macan, Panamera, ....)
Which was Porsche´s exact reasoning when hiring Walter . Walter WILL tell them about every last little detail that isn´t "Porsche" in Walter´s eyes .
@@AntalopeAUT I'm sure Porsche marketing aren't fond of him. But the sad fact is those ratios are in there, in a GT car presumably used on track foremost. Sad for Porsche, marketeers are running the company
@@TheChannel1978 if you have bought this vehicle to exclusively throw it around on track, you would buy a gear box with custom ratios and retain the original gearbox for the next owner
You know a race driver is old school when he times the lap on his wrist watch
I'm wondering who of all f1 pilots have the heel and too skills like him
I have never seen anyone do something so badass.
@@mitchell-wallisforce7859 This was actually quite common earlier days, as far as I know, it was also the original purpose of the rolex daytona to time laps for example.
Walter Röhrls: times the lap on his wrist watch
Porsche's Sport Chrono Pack with a built in timer: Am I a joke to you?
@@tomgeboers2084 mi guess is Verstappen and Leclerc have never driven a manual gearbox
When you see that man start the clock in his wrist watch crossing the finish line, you know he is a legend.
Does anyone know what watch that is??
@@PFNasz My guess is a Omega Speedmaster
I looked again... not a speedmaster.. idk
He's so calm and collected. His steering inputs are so much smoother than most drivers I've seen!
We appreciate your silence. Thank you. I love the sound of the car. It soothes me.
Walter Rohrl never ages.. He's 72 and is still so damn competitive haha, great video!
the man who does not blink
You blink in Group B, and you end up inside of a tree
@@serialhater7360 With someone from the crowd in between
He even dont blink throw whole lap on Nordschleife
Love how he acknowledges your chuckle at 1:49 like, "oh, are you amused?"
He’s saying, “don’t laugh at my understeer peasant.”
So at 3:17 he seems to look at his watch and shake his head! Was he not happy with that lap haha?
He's unhappy cos he hit the throttle a little too late coming out of the same corner. But he gradually became more aggressive as the video went on.
brisance exacly. He still challenges himself
Hands of a flipping surgeon. And when he set his watch for the lap without skipping a beat... priceless.
"I don't like jumps"
Cars don't fly..
"If I want to fly, I would become a pilot. Not sit in a car."
The rally thing right.....
That guy overtook Michael Schumacher on the Nürburgring while testing with the same car!!
Shun-Hsing Cheng link or it didn’t happen.
Yes thats true. But as I'm aware Walter drove a Porsche and Michael a Ferrari. Michael was first in front and Walter hunt him nearly the whole lap but managed to overtake him at the end of the lap. But I'm pretty sure it was during a Touristenfahrten session and not while testing. By the way none of these two's realised while driving who was in the other car....they just realized it afterwards at DötingerHöhe;)
@@3000Payne ruclips.net/video/lrXEKIZ4N5s/видео.html here he is telling the story. I am german and I confirm. There is no video from the track however, they just accidently drove on the same day in the same car and Röhrl overtook Schumacher.
Walter is one of few guys who remembers EVERY TURN of the Nordschlife. A living legend still sharp as ever.
Porsche was testing the GT2 while bringing a Ferrari 599 as a reference car. Walter, as a Porsche test driver, was driving the reference Ferrari while overtaking Michael on the same Ferrari. The next day, Michael was blaming Sachs (the Ferrari suspension supplier) for underperforming.
This is how the real DRIVING HERO looks like...
Calm, 100% focused, enjoying every corner. Stunning content!
Thank You, Carfection.
Röhrl is definitely one of my all time favourite road racing and rally driver. What a guy. 😍
Yupp,he didn't drive Audi S1 Quattros,he flew them just below take off speed. The man is not quite like us.
I could watch Mr. Rohrl's on board footage all day and be perfectly happy. More of this please!!
This charming old man is really skillful.
Just so smooth and composed! The economy of his inputs is amazing. A real joy to watch!
This video is very epic because 72 years old legendary racing driver Walter Röhrl is driving like a young racer. Still has great reflexes and concentration. Still he can go fast especially on tricky chicanes. Amazing job Henry! Love the video.
Notice how he concentrates, the passenger is just for ballast. A professional!
Not sure Ive ever seen Henry look quite as happy. What a legend he is.
So beautiful in Miami Blue!
Amazing work from Porsche!
Walter is such a chill dude. Going flat out the main straight into that mostly blind right hander over a hill and he's just super relaxed. Nothing in motorsport that this guy hasn't seen yet.
Absolutely incredible. I go to track days often, I drive myself and I sat beside some race drivers as well, but Walter Röhrl even at 72 drives better than anyone I've seen before. As clean and smooth as it gets, the man looks like he's out for a sunday cruise around the local winding roads rather than timing himself on a race track. Legend.
The racing driver agrees its geared to tall
On the flying lap he only changed up 3 times and down 3 times!! Which is ridiculous. A mere mortal driving the same lap could possibly get away with only changing gear twice.
If the transmission is normally intended for things like the new C2s with more power is it the transmissions fault? I’m guessing developing a new transmission would’ve been far too expensive.
@@TheMoonigans i know right, it's a great car if you want to constantly maintain a relatively high speed (100mph), the one thing which sucks about it is the top speed of each gear even the slightest traffic on the highway means i have to keep shifting between 1st and 2nd gear every time i brake which kinda sucks.
i've been daily driving one for over 2 years now and it's been almost absolutely amazing. recently got an akrapovic exhaust on it and it now sounds phenomenal.
@@thomasbailey4139 could have stuck a shorter ratio differential/rear end in there, but they did it to make the performance gap between the GT4 and 3 what it is. It's intentional.
Rene Hourian oh so it’s the diff that handicaps it? What if you put a GT3 diff in it? I know they want to separate it between the more expensive big brother. Probably wouldn’t be great if this was faster for sales haha
Wow this is just ASMR
The drive by Walter Rohl is so smooth
"This part's really quite tricky"....proceeds to hit perfect line
Really liked the camera work for the hot laps. The split screen worked very well
Same. The few seconds of the front camera filling the screen were a joy to watch.
I was lucky enough to meet Walter in person this summer, and I have to tell you, if you’re a car guy or driving enthusiast, this man will talk to you like you’re being a life long friends.
Awesome personality, very down to earth and will listen to everything you have to say.
Propper lad.
I already at this video by accident, and gosh, this is one of the best car/race/circuit videos that I ever watched. This guy is a freaking legend!
I was smiling when he was complaining about 2nd gear in 4:12 :D Walter is a legend!
He has DSG fast gear changes!! That's what a real driver is. Thank you guys for the constantly amazing content!
*He doesn't have "DSG fast gear changes", because, well, that's impossible.*
Lvl 9. Microsoft Certified Technician Well, what I meant is that his gear changes are fast. I admire your quest in defending precise facts, but sarcasm is sarcasm. 👍
I had the good fortune to meet him in 2018 and quite agree that he is one of the greatest driver ever. His smoothness and car control at speed is second to none.
Loved it, Mr Cool himself, and he shows no emotion or stress what so ever. 👏👏
He makes it look so easy. The engine noise the car makes is not like "wow" but so satisfying. Fantastic understated drive.
This Ladies and Gentlemen is HOW it Done!!! None of the silly forcing the car sideways for drifting that so many insist is performance driving. Text book 'heel n' toe' perfect downshifts, quick clean upshifts, he 'eases' or 'bends' the car into turns as Sir Jackie Stewart advocated. A pleasure to see this, so many contemporary drivers could learn so much from this example.
It’s fantastic seeing a motorsport legend like this tearing round my local track. Absolutely awesome!
Dude it's so fucking rad Walter uses his chronograph watch to time his lap, what a bad ass!
People criticize me for not keeping my hands at "9.15" on the steering wheels when I drive on track, but this man, considered a legend, does the same thing. Now I have a video to tell them to piss off !
Dont compare yourself to Walter Röhrl. He is driving race cars for more than half a century and is still one of the fastest drivers on the Planet with over 70 years.
Henry, you ARE just so lucky, you get to go to all-over, living out of a suitcase.. and get to drive stuff most can only stare at thro' showroom windows.?
And here you are, co-pilot to the great Walter Rohrl, a great hero to me.. you are lucky.
I have met him a number of times and he is charming. But no drive offered. Damn.!
Good work as ever.
WF
I would have loved to have seen Walter’s footwork while doing those hot laps.
72 is the new 32! Walter is legendary. Would have loved to hear his thoughts...I know he once said he prefers the balance of the Cayman over the 911.
Supreme driving skill. But it’s so frustrating how tall second and third gear are. Particularly on this tight track. Sounds like the car is mainly just out of its usable rev range
Had the privilege of seeing him in 1982 in a Audi Quattro Sport 500 at the start of the Lombard RAC Rally in Nottingham and when he took off we got covered in mud and we loved it ;-)
One of the greatest drivers?
It´s THE greatest driver!
He drives with such elegance. So smooth and relaxed. What a legend.
Walter Rohrl at Knockhill,what dreams are made of,looked like a wee Sunday run,brilliant.
When someone looks more serene at 140 than some people do at 40, you know you're in safe hands!..and when Henry grins like a child in a sweet shop....a legend is at the wheel!!
Thats why Cars like Corvette C8 or GTR with all performance numbers cant get these Porsche customers switching brands..... its not all about numbers performance price, its about overall package and how much smile you get form this package, you put money into a machine aimed to make you forget your bad days and put smile into your face not a machine to make numbers that takes you to jail in 2 mins.....
No corrections and his calm face make me think he is not driving at the limit, yet if I were there he would probably have filled my room mirror within a lap. Long live the Legend of legends, Walter.
That watch click at the line was so badass
I can see how and why Mr. Rohrl won rallies in the Lancia 037. The thing needs to be driven smoothly, being a recalcitrant mid-engined RWD bastard, unlike the all-conquering Audi Quattro. He made minimum correction to his input if necessary, but most of the time he just tucks the car into the corner with confidence and smoothness that I can't even begin to comprehend. Proper rally hero.
Smooth. Calm. No unnecessary gear changes!
So smooth, so precise, and uses every centimeter of available track (ie. curbing ).
Two things I appreciate. Rohl. And that steering wheel.
Walter Rohrl still driving cold, calculated and precise like in his rallying days. What a legend!! 👏🙏
It’s the stuff of legend to watch this man’s focus as he’s flying around the circuit
Perfect line and so smooth
An absolute legend driving my dream car as a professional, this video was a very nice treat to watch.
A story from Röhrl when was racing 24h of Nürburgring. Overtook a guy in the same class he raced in at night when it was foggy, after that he turned of the light of his car so the guy he overtook couldnt follow with his pace. This story i heared in a german podcast, and if its true you know why he is such a chilled dude in this video...
If it wasn't for just how fast the road is shifting on cam, he looks like he's out for a sunday drive with the wife.....
If he's this fast now..... how fast was he 40 years ago???? astonishing skills
Amazing Rev matching 3:05
in fairness that might be the car. Its hard to know if he'd do it himself, or showcase the cars ability to do it for you. I think the supper aggressive and fast rev matches are probably the car.
The best driver in all of motorsports history. The guy just won. Didn't matter if it was rallying or road racing.
Fantastic video! I would’ve loved to hear Walter’s driving impressions of the car!
He is so smooth. Makes it look easy
He looks like he's on a sunday drive.
Nothing to say, just watching and enjoying such amazing moments. ✌️👌
Walter Röhrl and Keke Rosberg were the first World Champions I watched on TV. Big fan !
Man...72 years old...respect!
He is just chill, smooth and direct.
Love Knockhill, it was the first track I ever took to in a fast car, and I came off on the first turn in the wet 😂
Fantastic. Walter is still looking for perfection each lap.
Two things I have noted, Herr Röhrl is still incredibly smooth and very, VERY fast.
And, having been to Knockhill before, I wanted to say it’s a wonderful little circuit.
You are incredibly lucky to be doing this with such a legend.
Röhl won wrc with Lancia 037 back in 1983. Last rwd champion. He is fast!!!
Great stuff, Henry, as always. He is The Man. Really good to hear his views on my home circuit too - it is a wee roller coaster but forces drivers to think about lines, cambers and elevation change in a way that many more famous circuits don't
Henry I think your 2 best days of this year were the day you got to see the 718 GT4 in the spring with the designer and 2nd is today riding along with Walter Rohrl and to day i think you have the best job in the world. 👍
Outstanding content Carfection!
What a pleasure to watch.
When I get older I would like to be like you Herr Röhrl
A role model for smooth, accurate and fast driving. Made that drive look so easy. A Craftsman behind the wheel surely
I wish I have this level of chill in my life.damn life will so much easier.nice chill pill lap
I love his Sunday driving face while lapping haha!
He is so quiet when he drives. A lesson for all of us🥰
"I giess he drives well, yea.." Then I notice it's a manual as well.. Holy smokes.
Right? It took me an entire lap to realize.
Gt4 is only manual
Brave man .. both of you … flat out, without helmets
that 2nd gear comment is simply priceless lol
the child-like wonderment on the face of dear ol' Henry is heartwarming.
Beeing 72years old Walter Röhrl is still one of the best drivers on the world !!
Such a precise driver.😍
When he signed the contract with Lancia the year they won against Audi Quattro in Group B, everyone told him Lancia is so dangerous when you crash and this man replied "I don't plan to crash" and he won. What a legend....
Cant imagine how amazing it would be to get a lap with him, love it!
It is always a amazing to see, with how little movement of the wheel Walter steers his cars. And how effortless it looks. Masterful.
Walter Fucking Rohrl. Absolute driving God. Would love to ride along with him in anything, let alone something like a GT4.
Walter makes making it look easy, look easy.
everytime i think this channel doesn't get any better…
Sometimes I wish these kinds of videos were prefaced with cuts of a beginner doing a lap, just to highlight how smooth the master is.
The man. The myth. The legend.
I remember reading an interview from him, 30 years ago, he said about his driving, « I am seeking the excellence in the art of being perfect »
obviously this is still the case.